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I made a cleaning Robot🤖
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DIY.org announces the launch of OTT platform for kids
The newly launched platform offers challenges and projects after shows Edtech platform DIY.org has launched new subscription-based video-on-demand (SVoD) platform DIY TV. The newly launched platform is designed exclusively for kids. With DIY TV, the company wants to offer global content to inspire learning and exploration through the active consumption of content. The platform will focus on three…
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“I love DIY because everyone is so nice, you can always find someone who likes the same thing you like (that that time) and because I am always being inspired by one person or another. DIY shows me things I wouldn't have seen or tried.”
- guinea pig lover, member since July 2014.
Meet Maz: An 8-Year-Old DIY Member and Entrepreneur
Maz is a prolific illustrator. He spends his time on DIY posting drawings of zany monsters he dreams up which he calls, “Mazters.” Over the past couple of years, he has started a small shop out of his garage called “Mazter’s Emporium Art Shop” where he sells his illustrations to his friends, neighbors, and people who come across his shop unexpectedly.
“I sell my “Mazter’s” trading cards, comics, chapter books, music videos, paper toys, plush, games that I make and art. All of these things have my own characters in them. I draw all the time – I probably have drawn 2,000 characters. If you look at my school math book, wherever there is an equation there is also a drawing of one of my characters.”
When asked what he hopes to do with the shop in the future, he says, “I am starting to have in-store events like ‘how to draw’ some of my characters. And also I’m starting to create interactive activities where people pay to do missions around our yard which looks like a forest. In the missions they use my art and signs to figure out clues to solve the missions. I also want to have my own store someday not in my garage, and to sell my art there. And also to sell my art in other people’s stores.”
Maz’s proudest moment was when he sold his first piece of monster art. This upcoming May, he’s excited about getting more of his community involved by hosting a “Free Comic Book Day” where he is debuting a special comic and "some kind of free giveaway of one of my characters or monsters. Maybe a free custom drawing right on the spot.”
Keep up to date with Maz’s illustrations on DIY!
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Q: "How did you get started on computer programming?"
A: "Three days after Christmas, I dropped all of my Christmas presents and followed a link from the n00b Skill to MIT's programming website, Scratch...it really got me started and then I got into Khan Academy and from there I learned Javascript!" -FuzzyBelly
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DIY now offers year-round online courses in dozens of subjects for your kids to access from a mobile device anytime, anywhere. Courses are designed to fit every family's schedule and every kid's pace. Memberships cost as little as $12. If you're already a DIY Camps subscriber, look out for another email explaining your new, cheaper plan. We look forward to learning with your family! Chalon Bridges Director of Learning
Member Spotlight: Emma Shoe
Emma Shoe is a 14-year old from Australia. She is one of 400,000 kids at DIY who try their hand at challenges each day and then share their work with our worldwide community. She has recently taken to transforming cardboard and fabric into magical creations.
“This is a creature I made based on the structure of a small cardboard box. To attach the layers of felt to it, I stuck stockings to the exterior,that way, I could fill them with stuffing to give it more shape. Then, I stitched on the layers of fur, eyes and horns (made from stockings). On the inside I have tried to replicate the human internal organ system from felt.”
Click here to check out EmmaShoe’s portfolio!